different between toze vs toke

English

Etymology

From Middle English tosen, from Old English *t?san.

Verb

toze (third-person singular simple present tozes, present participle tozing, simple past and past participle tozed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To pull violently; to touse.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /to?k/
• Rhymes: -o?k

Etymology 1

Clipping of token.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.

   I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to.

   You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.

Etymology 2

Presumably from Spanish tocar (“touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (slang) A puff of marijuana.

   The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

   Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
2. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana

Etymology 3

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. A piece of bread.
   • 1905, H. G. Wells: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul:

     Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all.

References

Anagrams

• keto, keto-

Lindu

Noun

toke

1. chameleon

Maori

Noun

toke

1. worm

Synonyms

• noke

Middle English

Verb

toke

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     "And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”